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5 year old buck +
I've been seeing this buck for 2 years now. I've known that he has mange. I actually called the Game Comm over a year ago and asked if I could put him down. Their answer was "NO"! A warden could do it but I couldn't. How stupid is that?! How can I tell a warden exactly when this deer will be in the yard for removal? Some laws make no sense.
Well, I just got some close-up videos the last couple days, and I realize that he has chronic EHD as proven by the deformed hooves. All 4 hooves are severely screwed-up. I've suspected he has EHD for a while now because when I watch him walk, it looks like his feet hurt...he walks very gingerly.
2 years ago, I found the remains of a decomposed buck that was a victim of EHD. His hooves were still laying there to prove the EHD. His teeth proved that he too was 2.5 years old and his antlers were also quite small.
This poor little buck needs to be put down.
1st pic is from the end of winter in 2015. A biologist told me that a deer with mange usually has some other health issue. He probably had chronic EHD at this point.
Here he is today...
Like I said...the poor guy needs put down
Well, I just got some close-up videos the last couple days, and I realize that he has chronic EHD as proven by the deformed hooves. All 4 hooves are severely screwed-up. I've suspected he has EHD for a while now because when I watch him walk, it looks like his feet hurt...he walks very gingerly.
2 years ago, I found the remains of a decomposed buck that was a victim of EHD. His hooves were still laying there to prove the EHD. His teeth proved that he too was 2.5 years old and his antlers were also quite small.
This poor little buck needs to be put down.
1st pic is from the end of winter in 2015. A biologist told me that a deer with mange usually has some other health issue. He probably had chronic EHD at this point.
Here he is today...
Like I said...the poor guy needs put down